mhbeauford
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Here are my 3 latest "feather" type inlayed pens. First is Ebony with red and aluminum inlay. Second is Ebony with white and aluminum inlay. Third is African Cherry with two tone blue inlay. All in Jr. Statesman rollerball pens.
Takes a bunch of CA:biggrin:, much on my fingers! Tried gloves, but they stick and tear, leak and get stuck to my fingers and are harder to get off than straight CA. So just use bare hands. I use a HDPE cutting board from Sam's for a work surface, a little wax on it and the CA unsticks pretty easily, board can be scraped to remove CA. Takes 1-2 oz of CA per pen depending on the complexity. Use my bandsaw to cut both the aluminum and cardstock. All slots cut with a 3/32 in. carbide endmill on a CNC router. It's a lot faster than making router templates!
All are finished with about 20 coats of thin CA.
Roy (Oklahoman) calls these type of inlaid blanks "Martin's Eye Candy":biggrin:
Takes a bunch of CA:biggrin:, much on my fingers! Tried gloves, but they stick and tear, leak and get stuck to my fingers and are harder to get off than straight CA. So just use bare hands. I use a HDPE cutting board from Sam's for a work surface, a little wax on it and the CA unsticks pretty easily, board can be scraped to remove CA. Takes 1-2 oz of CA per pen depending on the complexity. Use my bandsaw to cut both the aluminum and cardstock. All slots cut with a 3/32 in. carbide endmill on a CNC router. It's a lot faster than making router templates!
All are finished with about 20 coats of thin CA.
Roy (Oklahoman) calls these type of inlaid blanks "Martin's Eye Candy":biggrin:
